NATO Launches New Military Base in Turkey to Deploy Patriot Missiles and Launch Ground Ops into Syria

NATO Launches New Military Base in Turkey to Deploy Patriot Missiles and Launch Ground Ops into Syria

NATO has launched a new military base in Turkey's western province of Izmir as the western alliance plans to deploy advanced Patriot missiles on Turkish border with Syria.

NATO's Allied Land Command will "serve as a base for carrying out land operations when ordered by the alliance following the inspection, evaluation, preparation and standardization of NATO land forces," Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported on Saturday.

"NATO has trusted Turkey at every step since its membership. Likewise, Turkey can always trust in NATO," NATO supreme commander Adm. James Stavridis said during the opening ceremony of the military base on Friday.

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NATO activates Allied Land Command in Turkey

STUTTGART, Germany — NATO Allied Land Command, the alliance’s new headquarters in charge of land force planning, officially activated Friday at its new home in Izmir, Turkey.

“Turkey has been essential to the effectiveness and viability of NATO since it joined the Alliance because of its geography and its very large military contribution,” U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Frederick “Ben” Hodges, the new commander of the headquarters, said during the ceremony in Izmir. His comments were made available by the headquarters public affairs office.

“It is not an accident that NATO decided to put Land Command here,” Hodges said, according to the remarks provided. “Rather, it represents recognition by all 28 Nations of Turkey’s strategic importance to NATO.”

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The Patriot systems in Turkey will be controlled by the NATO – NATO spokesperson

The spokesperson stated that the higher leader of the NATO in Europe, the American Admiral James Starvidis, will have the highest authorities in the operations of the missiles, but he will give this responsibility to the military leaders of the NATO on the lands.

Lungescu added in a media conference “who will control the systems? The NATO of course, but Turkey is also a full member in the NATO”.

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Morning Insert...or in our case, Good Afternoon !

Quoting: subzero86

Morning IFUN

Quoting: DoorBert

Hope you both doing great!Whats your take? I think Turkey is certain but will the US chip in with boots on ground? NYT had an article 2 weeks ago quoting Pentagon that 75 thousand American solders will be needed to secure Syrian chems. That's a lot.

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15:06 10 people were killed in the shelling of the Damascus town of Al-Thiyabiya, activists reported.

14:52 Saturday’s death toll in Syria has risen to 38 people, Al-Arabiya television quoted activists as saying.

14:00 Syrian Internet and mobile phone links remained cut for a third straight day on Saturday, an AFP correspondent in Damascus reported, amid US accusations the government is deliberately seeking to deprive the opposition of communications.

The massacre occurred in Ras al-Ain, a town close to the Turkish border that has seen fierce clashes between rebel forces and government troops in recent weeks.

Quoting: insertfunnyusername

With all this hate muslims have for each other where do they find the resources to hate the West, Israel and any other "infidels" that much !?

Do these people know anything else other than hate, violence ? It's getting harder and harder to feel sorry for them when you see such videos...

Quoting: subzero86

My alien online contacts Hagel and Valugua told me that the Syrian government will lose in the end, and the rebels will win. They know this because they have been to the future and have seen what is to come to pass. Because in their demension there is no time but everything exist at once.

The massacre occurred in Ras al-Ain, a town close to the Turkish border that has seen fierce clashes between rebel forces and government troops in recent weeks.

Quoting: insertfunnyusername

With all this hate muslims have for each other where do they find the resources to hate the West, Israel and any other "infidels" that much !?

Do these people know anything else other than hate, violence ? It's getting harder and harder to feel sorry for them when you see such videos...

Quoting: subzero86

First of all, the thugs on the video are on western payroll anyway, but i try not to stereotype that much tbh SZ86, you'd be surprised of how many sick christians wish death and destruction to this world just because bible says so, read somewhere that this kind of sick fanatical christians that wish Apocalypse to take place now numbers 50 million people only in the US, relationships are a 2-way street imo, yes a part of the muslim world is barbarian compared to our western standards, but i also think that it's not our job to civilize or bring "democracy" to them, that doesn't mean though that i will accept muslims pushing their values on my life, this ain't gonna happen but let them bomb each other to extinction if they want, it's not our job to police the world. Truth is that all these sick things happen about the resources and the control of these resources, religion is just the lame excuse and the propaganda that comes with it is a huge psyop. My 2 cents.